@article {3119,
title = {Sea-Level Rise from the Late 19th to the Early 21st Century},
journal = {Surveys in Geophysics},
year = {2011},
month = {03/2011},
abstract = {We estimate the rise in global average sea level from satellite altimeter data for 1993{\textendash}2009 and from coastal and island sea-level measurements from 1880 to 2009. For 1993{\textendash}2009 and after correcting for glacial isostatic adjustment, the estimated rate of rise is 3.2 {\textpm} 0.4 mm year-1 from the satellite data and 2.8 {\textpm} 0.8 mm year-1 from the in situ data. The global average sea-level rise from 1880 to 2009 is about 210 mm. The linear trend from 1900 to 2009 is 1.7 {\textpm} 0.2 mm year-1 and since 1961 is 1.9 {\textpm} 0.4 mm year-1. There is considerable variability in the rate of rise during the twentieth century but there has been a statistically significant acceleration since 1880 and 1900 of 0.009 {\textpm} 0.003 mm year-2 and 0.009 {\textpm} 0.004 mm year-2, respectively. Since the start of the altimeter record in 1993, global average sea level rose at a rate near the upper end of the sea level projections of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change{\textquoteright}s Third and Fourth Assessment Reports. However, the reconstruction indicates there was little net change in sea level from 1990 to 1993, most likely as a result of the volcanic eruption of Mount Pinatubo in 1991.},
keywords = {sea_level, tide_gauge},
issn = {1573-0956},
doi = {10.1007/s10712-011-9119-1},
author = {Church, J. and White, N.}
}